Legal Opinion
Bullock v. Lone Star Gas Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1978No. B-7311PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEAKLEY, Justice.
Lone Star Gas Company instituted this suit to obtain a refund of state and local sales and use taxes paid on pipe imported from Europe and laid in a Lone Star Gas pipeline used by Lone Star in the intrastate sale and distribution of gas in Texas. The trial court, after a non-jury trial, rendered judgment for Lone Star and ordered a refund of the taxes with interest. On appeal by the State, the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment. 558 S.W.2d 566. We reverse those judgments and render judgment that Lone Star take nothing in its suit.
In early 1972, Lone Star embarked…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Southern Pacific Co. v. GallagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. MahinSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. GallagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Northern Natural Gas Company v. LauterbachSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
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3Cited by21 opinions
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